Higseth faces the last battle defending his position in the Pentagon

defense minister Higseth House It may have spread in Iraq and Afghanistan – but now he is facing another battle: this time on the herb of his home in the Pentagon.

The controversy has been afflicted with Higseth since Trump nominated him for the first time to be the Minister of Defense, from the allegations of sexual assault and alcohol, to two Debacles for chatting, and the appearance indicating that Higseth may be on his way out.

The new debate, along with the article, is only the latest strikes, while the Trump administration claims is a continuous effort against Higseth as defense minister, and his history dates back to his nomination.

The audit increased after Sunday’s report in the New York Times that Higseth participated in information about a military air strike against the Houthis in the chat group of messaging applications, which also included his wife, brother and personal lawyer.

This incident follows a similar episode in March, when the editor -in -chief of the Atlantic Ocean Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a sign collection alongside Higseth, Vice President JD Vance And others, to discuss the same attack on the Houthis.

Defense Minister Beit Higseth rejects the allegations of the new group chat as an attempt to sabotage “Trump’s agenda

While the White House continues to return to Higseth, there is a series of democratic coalitions and multiple legislators The call for the resignation of Higseth.

A member of the Armed Services Committee in the Senate urges Senator Jack Reed. recently Significant chat claims.

“Since his nominated, I warned that Mr. Higseth lacks experience, competence and personality to the Ministry of Defense administration. In light of the ongoing chaos, job defect, and the development of the masses under the leadership of Mr. Higseth, it seems that these objections were on a good basis,” Reid said in a statement on Sunday. “The accountability starts from the summit, and I have serious concerns about Minister Higseth’s ability to maintain the confidence and confidence of the American service members.”

Meanwhile, Vans told the correspondents on Wednesday that he believed Higseth is doing a “great job.”

In response to a video poster on VANCE, the notes, the Pentaton’s rapid response team answered: “We will not be stopped. We will not be deterred.”

While the defense ministers historically received support from the two parties in the Senate, the upper chamber has not issued wide support for Higseth’s nomination.

The Senate Higseth emphasized the party’s lines in January, where all the 47 Democrats oppose its candidacy.

Every Senator with the exception of Kirsten Gilbrand, DN.Y, Voice to confirm the First Defense Minister of Trump in 2017, retired General Jim Mattis. Likewise, the Senate voted in 2019 by a difference of 90-8 to confirm the second Minister of Defense of Trump, Mark Esber.

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HegSeth is first exposed to fire with sexual assault allegations before confirmation. For example, he told legislators in written responses during his confirmation process that he paid $ 50,000 as part of the settlement payments of a woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017. The police report on the incident says that a woman claimed that Higseth was sexually assaulted in the hotel room, confiscated her phone and banned the door.

Higseth told legislators that he was “falsely accused” by the woman.

Higseth also faced allegations of insulting alcohol during the confirmation process. In response, Hegseth told legislators that he is not an “perfect person”, but he said it was the subject of a “coordinated anointing campaign in the media”.

The controversy has not left Higseth since the Senate confirmed to him in January.

The role of Higseth appeared in the original sign chat that included the editor -in -chief of the Atlantic Ocean, Goldberg, in the spotlight in March after a preliminary report. However, the National Security Security team Mike Walz was responsible for creating a chat.

Higseth said that “war plans” have not been discussed in both the initial chat with Goldberg, and the wife with his wife. In addition, he said that all the discussions on the signal were not classified.

“I have repeated and repeatedly, no one is sending war plans,” Higseth told Fox News on Tuesday. “I look at the war plans every day. What was shared on the indication at the time, and now, however, I was distinguished, it was unofficial and unknown coordinator, for the coordinates of the media and other things. This is what I said from the beginning.”

The Pentagon’s shooting has also sparked the leadership of Higseth.

John Ullott, a former Pentagon Communications official who resigned in April under the leadership of Higseth, wrote that the sudden Friday fire of three of the “most counselors” in Higseth “Canon and” confusing “. The Higseth Dan Caldwell Assistant, Deputy Chief of Staff Darren Celnik and Chief of Staff of the Deputy Minister of Defense, Colin Carroll, all.

“The job defect has now become a great distraction for the president-who deserves better than his supreme leadership,” said Ullyot in one of the two articles on Sunday for Politico.

“Trump has a strong record in putting his senior officials at his account. Given, it is difficult to see Defense Minister Beit Higseth in his role for a longer period.”

Higseth also supports a cracking within the Trump party. For example, MP Don Bacon, a former air force general who works for the Armed Services Committee in the House of Representatives, told Politico on Monday that Higseth is a “amateur person” and that he does not believe that Higseth has experience in the Pentagon leadership. Bacon, a Republican of Nebraska, said these concerns began from “Get-G”.

NPR reported on Monday that the White House was looking forward to the new defense minister. The story was based on an unknown American official who was not authorized to speak to the media.

Meanwhile, the White House prompted allegations that he is looking forward to replacing Higseth.

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“It brings a tremendous change to the Pentagon, and there are many people in the city who reject the huge change, and I think, frankly, for this reason we have witnessed a campaign of stain against the Minister of Defense from the moment when President Trump announced his candidacy before the US Senate,” said Secretary at home.

Levitt said: “Let me repeat: The president stands strongly behind Minister Higseth and the change he brings to the Pentagon, and the results he has achieved so far talks about herself.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.